Music Reviews
twenty one pilots - Cancer (2016 Song)
I am a huge fan of twenty one pilots even before they became huge this year. Honestly speaking, they are the most popular rock band right now. I don’t have trouble telling the world I am a fan of them because unlike One Direction, I think twenty one pilots …
Just Like Heaven by The Cure
Just Like Heaven is a song by The Cure that I have always liked. This song came out on the wave of the new, alternative rock and the end of the new wave genre. Just Like Heaven’s sound is soft contains a lot of blended synthesizers, but it also …
The Beatles - I Me Mine (Song)
I Me Mine is a song by The Beatles which appears on their final record Let It Be. The track is primarily written, and also sung, by George Harrison and the title refers to the idea of the ego and true identity from Hinduism which is something that he’d …
Roland vga 5 amp
If youre looking to get a great tone for your band, cover band or just for personal music use and dont have 2000 bucks to get a marshall or evh 5150 amp. A great choice would be the modeling amp from Roland called the Vga-5. It is packed with …
Nine Inch Nails - We’re In This Together (Song)
We’re In This Together is a song by Nine Inch Nails which appears on their album The Fragile. The track opens up with a pretty light synthesizer part but soon a very dark and much heavier rhythm replaces this light feeling and the song establishes this very dark mood …
Brotha Lynch Hung: Lynch By Inch CD
Lynch By Inch is the latest album released by the bay area rap legend Brotha Lynch Hung. This album is different than his previous albums. I think this album is a bit more depressing and emotional than theother albums he put out in the past Season of da Siccness was …
Star Trek: Generations Soundtrack
Out of all the Star Trek movie soundtracks, I consider this to be my favorite one with perhaps the only exception being Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. The reason I enjoy this soundtrack so very much is because much of the music is incredibly rich and well crafted. …
Rhythm of My Heart by Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart is one of my all time favorite artists. He has had a very diverse career and Rhythm of My Heart is one of his best songs as far as I am concerned. Some of his songs have gone a bit out of style and yet others will …
Bill Conti: The Right Stuff and North and South CD
Bill Conti conducts the London Symphony Orchestra on this CD of his original scores from two wonderful projects. The first is the movie The Right Stuff, an inspiring movie about the first nine astronauts as the space program began in the United States. The second is the …
Kanye West “Love Lockdown”
I recently had the opportunity to listen to the song “Love Lockdown” by the famed rapper Kanye West. If you aren’t already familiar with Mr. West’s material go get yourself a copy of his other albums “The College Dropout” or “The Graduation”. Kanye West is usually known for his …
Just A Kiss (Single)- Lady Antebellum
This song really made me start loving Lady Antebellum and their music. It is such a sweet yet simple song about a girl and guy friend who are both scared to mess things up if they take their relationship to the next level, but in the end if you …
Coming Back to You by Melinda Doolittle
I was watching an interview on Melinda Doolittle the other day and she was talking about her new album and all. Since I had followed her talent in American Idol before, I decided to get Coming Back to You by Melinda Doolittle. Her first album, I should think.
This …
Beat It (song, Fall Out Boy feat. John Mayer)
I love the remake of this song by Fall Out boy and John Mayer which was originally sung by Michael Jackson.
The new beat it song falls under the Rock genre of music and keeps the lyrics of the original song. I just love how it starts off with the …
Neil Diamond Home Before Dark
Neil Diamond was always a favourite singer of mine way back to the 1970’s. As a fan of the Monkees, too, I loved what they did with ‘I’m a Believer’ and ‘Little Bit Me, Little Bit You’.
He was a mash in the film ‘The Jazz Singer.’
His newest album Home …
All That Remains: Overcome
This is one solid CD. I am a fan of this band and I have been for a while now. Their previous CD was amazing and I had high expectations for this one. I was right. This CD was everything I had hoped it would be. The CD cover …
Faryl Smith Album (UK)
Faryl Smith Album
In 2008 Faryl Smith stunned the many thousands of watchers on the TV Talent show Britain’s Got Talent. At the age of 13 who voice was truly unbelievable, in a good way that was, she had a voice just as good as the most known professionals in …
System Of A Down - B.Y.O.B. (Music Video)
Overview —“ B.Y.O.B., or Bring Your Own Bombs, the first single and music video released by System of A Down for their first half of the double album Mezmerize/Hypnotize brings back the steady songwriting that I personally felt the band sort of lacked on Steal This Album. Listening to …
“Can I Get A…” (1998): Jay-Z ft. Amil and Ja Rule
Jay-Z ft. Amil and Ja Rule
“Can I Get A…”
Volume 2… Hard Knock Life
Roc-A-Fella Records
After the lackluster sophomore album that was “In My Lifetime, Volume 1″, Jay-Z returned a year later with a vengeance with his third album “Volume 2… Hard Knock Life” and blew charts and listeners away, putting …
Justin Bieber - Believe (Deluxe Edition)
My thoughts on Justin Bieber?
He has some of the worlds biggest haters but also some of the craziest fans. I believe he deserves the attention he gets, he can actually play instruments while singing and doesn’t fail miserably. I was interested in his fame when I heard he was …
Neutral Milk Hotel - Two-Headed Boy (Song)
Two-Headed Boy is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel and is the fourth song to appear on their record In The Aeroplane Over The Sea. I will admit right away that I’m personally more familiar with Andrew Jackson Jihad’s cover of this song as I heard their cover quite …
Weezer - Space Rock (Song)
Space Rock is a song by Weezer which appears on their record Maladroit. The song opens up with the extremely characteristic power pop sound that Weezer has developed over the years led by simple guitar parts and catchy vocal melodies. Throughout the first few lines of vocals, Cuomo is …
Megadeth - Rust In Peace… Polaris (Song)
Rust In Peace… Polaris is a song by Megadeth which appears on their record Rust In Peace. The track starts off with a very fast and aggressive drum rhythm before the guitars come into join this rhythm and certainly demonstrate the essence of thrash metal. Mustaine comes in with …
Sting song
Sting is a very famous singer in the world. But in China, most of people don’t know him well or even don’t hear his name. As a Chinese, I heart his name from the film ‘Leon-The Professional’. Sting sang the theme song ’shape of my heart’ about it. I …
Head General Hospital - Hopesfall
The hardcore rock scene has seen a decline in its hardcore aspect over the last few years, sounding more like pop driven radio friendly alternative than anything else. While Hopesfall may be a decent band, “Head General Hospital” seems to try to hard to reclaim some of the edge …
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin exploded onto the scene with a unique blend of bluesy guitar and a powerhouse rhythm.Their self titled debut album is legendary in helping to create the genre known as Heavy Metal.Beyond influence it remains an important piece of music in popular culture.I have always loved this band …
Ozzy Osbourne: Blizzard Of Oz
Blizzard of Oz features the astounding guitar work of Randy Rhoads.This album sounds completely different from any other Ozzy album because of one man.This album features Randy in all of his artistic glory.The songs on the album are rocking and extremely well performed.It’s sad that such a prodigy was …
The Grateful Dead - American Beauty
Overview - American Beauty, the fifth album by The Grateful Dead, continues in the same style of they started with on Workingman’s Dead by writing from more of a folk rock and country style rather than the electric and psychedelic driven songs from their first three albums. I’ll say …
Ciara - Get Up
This song is pretty old, but it’s still good to listen. Get up is the soundtrack of movie step up. It’s a R n B song.
No wonder if this song is so full of beat and we can dance from the beginning until the end of this song because …
Susan Boyle’s Debut Album - I Dreamed A Dream
I’ve been following Susan Boyle’s career ever since I saw her awesome performance of I Dreamed a Dream in Britain’s Got Talent. I was not really a diehard fan but I acknowledge her talent and I felt quite touched that a woman who is not young at all and …
The Beatles - For No One (Song)
For No One is a track which appears on The Beatles’ record Revolver and written by bassist Paul McCartney. I will admit that I typically prefer John Lennon greatly over McCartney, mostly because of how I prefer Lennon’s more psychedelic style of writing, but I have to say that …
The Velvet Underground - The Black Angel’s Death Song (Song)
The Black Angel’s Death Song is a track by The Velvet Underground which appears on their first record, The Velvet Underground And Nico. This song starts out in a somewhat dissonant fashion due to an electric viola being played and then Lou Reed’s vocals coming in pretty abruptly, I …
Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place (Song)
Jigsaw Falling Into Place is a song by Radiohead which appears on their album In Rainbows. Opening up with a mellow drum pattern along with an acoustic guitar, the track soon changes to take on a far darker mood once the acoustic pattern shifts, the drum beat changes, and …
Day & Age by The Killers
The Killers have gone through their series of hits and flops, and Day & Age is held between those two pillars. This CD provided us with the popular songs Human and Spaceman, which spawned two decent videos as well. But compared to the success of hit songs in the …
Metallica - Rebel Of Babylon (Song)
Rebel Of Babylon is a song by Metallica and is the fourth and final unreleased song from the Death Magnetic sessions recently debuted at the Fillmore in San Francisco, California. Opening up with a clean guitar part that Hetfield sings over, I’m slightly reminded of a modern version of …
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever (Song)
Strawberry Fields Forever is a song by The Beatles which appears on their most psychedelic work, Magical Mystery Tour. The song starts off with a very melodic sound which sounds almost as if the song were in a dream before Lennon comes in gently with the vocals as this …
Green Day - American Idiot (Song)
American Idiot, Green Day’s opening track to the album of the same name, is a song driven by political fury and those simple and basic punk riffs which the band always embraced. I don’t want to get into detail about the issue of Green Day —˜selling out’, if you …
Breakdown by Jack Johnson
I love Jack Johnson because he seems to put out some very upbeat and positive songs. It’s about time that someone put out more positive songs than they do negative or depressing songs. This song is about the train breaking down. He’s ready to break down, sounds like he …
The Doors - Light My Fire (Song)
Light My Fire is a song by The Doors which appears on their self-titled debut record. Light My Fire is one of the better known songs by The Doors and there isn’t any reason as to why it shouldn’t be. There’s always those songs which are pretty well known …
Green Day - I Was There (Song)
I Was There is a song by Green Day which appears on their debut record 1039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours. The song starts off with a generic guitar riff consisting of some simple chords before the drums come in with a nice pounding rhythm which at least give something interesting …
The Rolling Stones - Heart Of Stone (Song)
Heart Of Stone is a track by The Rolling Stones which appears on the album Out Of Our Heads. Right from the opening introduction of this track the rhythm is pretty much set up and you can tell right away that this track is going to be some type …
Aceyalone Magnificant City CD
Aceyalone is one talented Rapper. Being one of the legendary members of the multi-talented group Living Legends and the Freestyle Fellowship, Aceyalone has paid his dues in the music scene, and has emerged as one of the top rappers in the West Coast Hip Hop scene.
With that out of …
Neutral Milk Hotel - Someone Is Waiting (Song)
Someone Is Waiting is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel which is the third track to appear on their debut release, On Avery Island. Picking up immediately where the previous track, You’ve Passed, left on, the vocal performance of Jeff Magnum abandons the Lou Reed-like sound which I seemed …
(Album) - Lei It Bleed - The Rolling Stones
Apotheosis sound of the band Jimmy Miller, who in the mid-60s reconverted the beethelian copy into a single group, introducing the black sound across the Atlantic. Not surprisingly, for this reason, I found the very Ry Cooder and Al Kooper in the credits, putting the album in a worthy …
“Do I” By Luke Bryan
The song “Do I”, by Luke Bryan, for some reason is one of the best songs I have ever heard. I literally keep listening to it over and over again. It is definitely the best song that Luke Bryan has ever sung. The first time I heard this song …
Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)
I have no idea how I started listening to this band. I think it was because of the style they were playing, dubbed shoegazing, and that sounded pretty interesting. I was thinking, what can shoegazing be, or what sort of a music is that, and so, I stumbled upon …
Barry Manilow: Ultimate Manilow CD
Barry Manilow is one of my very favorite singers. I love his style and his vocal tones. He’s someone you can sing along with, and that’s a quality I like quite a bit. The CD Ultimate Manilow was issued in 2002 by the Arista label.
The booklet that …
Start a Band
I think the song and video titled “Start A Band” with Keith Urban and Brad Paisley is a cute, upbeat song. The music and lyrics blend very nicely.
I didn’t realize they had collaborated. I think they have done a good job with the song. Their voices blend …
Go the Distance by Michael Bolton
This song made me cry whenever it is playing. I am imagining myself included on the finalist of American Idol. They are showing my video on how was me on the first time I enter the idol stage until I got into final two. Of course, that is only …
Black Label Society
I had the utmost pleasure of being able to see Black Label Society LIVE in concert supporting Ozzy Osbourne on July 6th 2007 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham England. They were simply amazing combining powerful heavy metal riffs with amazing and unique vocalization for every song, each …
Superhuman Chris Brown
I have never loved any R n b artist until Chris Brown. He is truly a brilliant artist with a very lovely and unique voice. Not that other singers don’t have his talent, but Chris Brown sure is one of the best I guess in the modern songs I …
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